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Vega

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Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.

Key figures

Total launches
22
Successes
20
Failures
2
Success rate
90.9 %
Success streak
5
Maiden flight
Feb 13, 2012
Launch cost
$37 Mio.
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
75d
Planned launches
0
Vega family total
29 launches · 26 successes · 3 failures (2 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Vega” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Vega family totals 29 launches across 2 variants.

Technology

Length
29.9 m
Diameter
3.025 m
Launch mass
137 t
Liftoff thrust
2,974 kN
Stages
4
LEO (low Earth orbit)
1,500 kg
SSO (sun-synchronous)
1,450 kg

Engines & propellant

1st stageP80 / P120C (Vega-C)Feststoff
2nd stageZefiro 40/23 + Zefiro 9Feststoff
Kick stageAVUM(+)UDMH / Stickstofftetroxid

Engine and propellant data from curated sources: Wikipedia — Vega

Launches per year

of which in our database: 22

2012: 1 Successes120122013: 1 Successes120132014: 1 Successes120142015: 3 Successes320152016: 2 Successes220162017: 3 Successes320172018: 2 Successes220182019: 1 Successes2019: 1 Failures220192020: 1 Successes2020: 1 Failures220202021: 3 Successes320212023: 1 Successes120232024: 1 Successes12024
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Feb 13, 2012🚀 Maiden flightMultipayload mission, 9 satellitesView launch →▶ Video
  2. Jul 11, 2019💥 FailureFalcon Eye 1View launch →▶ Video
  3. Nov 17, 2020💥 FailureSEOSAT-Ingenio & TaranisView launch →▶ Video

Sources